i tend to be a bit of a don quixote. i think i can do something when i probably cannot. but after a long while it came together in a pretty good way, i would say. but it took a lot of work. it was the hardest thing i ever wrote. anyone else? let me say -- thank you very much for coming. [applause] >> thank you. such an important part of our city, our nation, and world. thank you for helping us consider, present, and future. thank you for coming out tonight. >> anybody who wants, i will sign a copy of the book back there. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> tonight, a look at the impact of student loans on parents. then more of our interviews with retiring members of congress. senator ben nelson talks about his five years in congress, talking -- followed by jerry lewis on his 17-year career. then california representative lynn woolsey. >> there are cynics to say a party platform is something nobody bothers to read and does not often amount to much. whether it is different this time than it has